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Ellipse - An elliptical region within a 2-dimensional Frame

Description:
The Ellipse class implements a Region which represents a ellipse within a 2-dimensional Frame.
Constructor Function:
AST_ELLIPSE
Inheritance
The Ellipse class inherits from the Region class.
Attributes
The Ellipse class does not define any new attributes beyond those which are applicable to all Regions.
Functions
In addition to those routines applicable to all Regions, the following routines may also be applied to all Ellipses:


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AST A Library for Handling World Coordinate Systems in Astronomy
Starlink User Note 210
R.F. Warren-Smith & D.S. Berry
24th May 2011
E-mail:ussc@star.rl.ac.uk

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